Our mission

The BBFC is a trusted guide to media content. Working as an independent, self-financing and not-for-profit media content regulator, the BBFC operates transparent, consistent and trusted co-regulatory and self-regulatory classification and labelling systems in the UK.

As a highly expert and experienced regulator, our mission is to:

protect the public, and especially children, from content which might raise harm risks

empower the public, especially parents, to make informed viewing choices

recognise and respect adult freedom of choice within the law

respond to and reflect changing social attitudes towards media content through proactive public consultation and research

provide a cost-effective, efficient classification service within our statutory remit

work in partnership with the industry to develop innovative service models to provide content advice which support emerging media delivery systems

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